tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213291.post8955895605203954156..comments2023-06-28T09:59:42.375-05:00Comments on The Clue Batting Cage: Left and Rightphilmonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10385793223534322848noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213291.post-21658730082029788782011-01-20T00:46:24.349-06:002011-01-20T00:46:24.349-06:00Gotta love lefties. They define "conservativ...Gotta love lefties. They define "conservative" as "preserving the status quo," which leads to some odd consequences -- for instance, the Russian hardliners who want to go back to communism are "conservatives" to our leftist friends.<br /><br />[Ponder that one for a second. I suggest wearing a really tight hat, to keep your head from exploding].<br /><br />Sadly, though, the left never follows through with the logic of their own position (I know, I know - left:logic :: garlic:vampires... but still). They always accuse us of believing that "whatever is, is right." There's some truth to that, of course, since as conservatives we know that human nature doesn't change. But American "conservatism," properly understood, is old-school liberalism and quite accommodating to change. <i>They're</i> the ones who are simplistic and reductive -- "whatever is, is wrong" is a pretty good summation of the leftist worldview. <br /><br />That's why liberals are such an unhappy bunch, and why their heroes are revolutionaries, especially failed revolutionaries. For them it's all about "change," "action," <i>feeling</i> -- their lives don't have meaning unless they're fighting some pervasive evil, and what's more pervasive than the status quo?Severiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213291.post-60006793083447726332011-01-19T11:28:47.577-06:002011-01-19T11:28:47.577-06:00"There are some left-wing racists as well.&qu..."There are some left-wing racists as well."<br /><br />Actually, there are a LOT of left-wing racists. Just not in the traditional left-wing sense of the world.vanderleunnoreply@blogger.com